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<h1>Definitions of Intelligence</h1>

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<dt> Forrest Gump: 
<dd> Intelligent is as intelligent does
<dt> Institutional: 
<dd> IQ, as measured by a standardized test
<dt> Gee-wiz: 
<dd> Able to perform "hard" tasks, for example, chess
<dt> <!WA0><!WA0><!WA0><!WA0><!WA0><a href="http://rhf.bradley.edu/~beblbrox/dna/links.html">
     Douglas Adams</a>: 
<dd> The ability to reconcile contradictory information,
     such as simultaneously having a stomach-ache and not having 
     a stomach-ache, or seeing a real-estate agent wave her fee 
     [from his Infocom game, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]
<dt> Alan Turing: 
<dd> The ability to fool us into thinking we're conversing
     (over an electronic link) with another human.  The 
     <!WA1><!WA1><!WA1><!WA1><!WA1><a href="http://info.acm.org/~loebner/loebner-prize.htmlx">
     Loebner Prize</a> competition is the first formal instantiation 
     of Turing's test.
<dt> Robert Franklin, department head at the 
     <!WA2><!WA2><!WA2><!WA2><!WA2><a href="http://www1.erim.org/">Environmental Research Institute 
     of Michigan (ERIM)</a>:
<dd> Intelligence is the ability to pick the appropriate behavior for 
     situations encountered in an environment.
<dt> My current definition:
<dd> Able to alter one's behavior in order to maximize the opportunities
     for reward 
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